title string | description string | url string | license string | attribution string | doi string | asOf timestamp[s] | jurisdictionCount int64 | videoVisitRequiredCount int64 | videoVisitRequiredJurisdictions list | npAuthorityVerifiedCount int64 | changelog list | jurisdictions list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GLP-1 telehealth rules by U.S. state | Which U.S. jurisdictions require a live video visit to start GLP-1 treatment by telehealth, with each jurisdiction's medical board, Medicaid GLP-1 coverage status, and nurse practitioner prescriptive-authority classification (np_* fields; verified against state nurse practice acts, filled state-by-state as verification... | https://www.pallashealth.co/glp-1/telehealth-rules | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | Pallas Health — https://www.pallashealth.co/glp-1/telehealth-rules | 10.5281/zenodo.21892535 | 2026-08-11T00:00:00 | 51 | 8 | [
"AR",
"DC",
"MS",
"ND",
"NM",
"RI",
"SD",
"WV"
] | 20 | [
{
"date": "2026-07-27T00:00:00",
"jurisdictions": [
"CA",
"SC",
"PA"
],
"change": "California, South Carolina, and Pennsylvania Medicaid programs eliminated coverage of GLP-1s for weight-loss indications effective January 1, 2026 (Medi-Cal removed Wegovy®, Zepbound®, and Saxenda® f... | [
{
"state": "Alabama",
"abbreviation": "AL",
"slug": "alabama",
"videoVisitRequired": false,
"medicalBoard": "Alabama Board of Medical Examiners",
"telehealthSummary": "Alabama permits licensed providers to establish the provider-patient relationship and prescribe non-controlled medications l... |
GLP-1 Telehealth Rules by U.S. State
Which U.S. jurisdictions (50 states + Washington, D.C.) require a live video visit to start GLP-1 treatment by telehealth — plus each jurisdiction's medical board, Medicaid GLP-1 coverage status, and nurse practitioner prescriptive-authority classification (full/reduced/restricted) verified against state nurse practice acts with statute citations.
- Canonical, always-current source: https://www.pallashealth.co/glp-1/telehealth-rules
- Live CSV: https://www.pallashealth.co/data/glp1-telehealth-rules.csv
- Live JSON (incl. full dated changelog): https://www.pallashealth.co/data/glp1-telehealth-rules.json
- RSS changelog feed: https://www.pallashealth.co/data/glp1-telehealth-rules-feed.xml
- DOI (citable, versioned): 10.5281/zenodo.21892535
Why it's useful
Existing telehealth policy trackers don't classify GLP-1 care by synchronous-vs-asynchronous modality per state, carry no NP-authority axis with statute citations, and publish no machine-readable files. This dataset does all three, is re-verified weekly by an automated job, and ships a dated changelog of every substantive rule change.
Columns
See the bundled codebook (README in the Zenodo record) for full definitions.
Key fields: state, abbreviation, video_visit_required (bool),
medical_board, medicaid_covers_glp1 (yes/no/limited, weight-loss
indications), last_updated, last_verified, url,
np_classification (full/reduced/restricted; blank until that state's
nurse practice act is individually verified), np_mechanism,
np_statute_cite, np_verified.
License & attribution
CC BY 4.0. Required attribution: Pallas Health — https://www.pallashealth.co/glp-1/telehealth-rules
Maintained by Pallas Health from state medical-board sources, state nurse practice acts, and the operational routing rules of a 50-state clinical network. Educational reference, not legal advice.
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